Chapter XIV: Section XII: (trunk Route)

OXFORD TO LONDON, 67½ MILES

DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE

Miles.
=Oxford= to Dorchester 9¼
=Dorchester= to Nettlebed 9½
=Nettlebed= to Henley 4½
=Henley= to Maidenhead 9¼
=Maidenhead= to Windsor 6½
=Windsor= to Staines 6¼
=Staines= to Hampton 7
=Hampton= to Hampton Court 1
=Hampton Court= to Kingston 1¾
=Kingston= to the G.P.O., London 12½

NOTES FOR DRIVERS

Between =Oxford and Maidenhead= the road is somewhat hilly, but the surface is generally good; there is a steep hill (1 in 13) =after leaving Henley=.

From =Maidenhead to London= the road is level, with an excellent surface, except =between Maidenhead and Windsor=, where the road is sometimes flooded.

PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE

=Sandford-on-Thames.=--Small village; church not interesting; remains of preceptory of Knights Templars.

=Nuneham Courtney.=--Eighteenth-century village, very unusual; Manor-house of Harcourts.

=Dorchester.=--Old village, with many picturesque cottages; Abbey Church of considerable interest.

=Henley.=--Picturesque little town; the church, Early English and Tudor; splendid river views; the Town Hall.

=Maidenhead.=--Large modern town; fine boating centre.

=Eton.=--The college and War Memorial Hall.

=Windsor.=--The castle, dating from the Norman period, with many subsequent additions; Town Hall, finished by Wren; a few old houses.

=Hampton.=--Hampton Court, magnificent palace of Henry VIII.

=Kingston.=--The church and Coronation Stone; almshouses and Lovekyn Chapel.

[Map: (TRUNK) No. 11. OXFORD TO WINDSOR.]

[Map: TOWN PLAN NO. 12--OXFORD.]

OXFORD

The entrance to the 'city of palaces' is through suburbs of a commonplace, uninteresting, or even ugly character, the builders having apparently gained no inspiration from the magnificent examples of architecture which they are gradually hemming in. That such squalid, or, at the best, perky and meretricious streets of houses should have been allowed to encompass the architectural splendours of the great University is a public scandal, and it is to be hoped that before many years have passed some steps will be taken to wipe out the worst of these new abominations. To adequately describe Oxford within the limits of this work is impossible, and it will be sufficient to indicate the salient features which should not be passed over. The city lies upon a low ridge between the Thames and the Cherwell, and is surrounded by a fine range of hills. The imposing array of towers and spires, the many colleges with their historic quadrangles, the avenues and groves and secluded college gardens, the marvellous profusion of carved stonework, all combine to render the nucleus of this ancient seat of learning one of the most beautiful in the British Empire. ~The Bodleian Library~ is the hub round which the colleges cluster, and after it has been seen the church of ~St. Mary the Virgin~ should be visited, from its long connection with the seat of learning. Near it are the New Schools, the Botanic Garden, and the Clarendon Press, while the Taylor building contains many interesting pictures. Of the colleges, All Souls, Balliol, Brasenose, Christ Church, Magdalen, Merton, and New College, are among the most interesting.

~The Cathedral~ belonging to Christ Church dates from 1160, and is a noble example of Norman architecture. ~The nave~ is pure Norman, ~the chancel~ Transitional, ~the chapter-house~ Early English. ~The shrine of St. Frideswide~, ~the Bishop's throne~, and the grand modern reredos, are particularly notable.

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The first village passed after leaving Oxford is ~Sandford-on-Thames~, but the flatness of the country and the presence of a paper-mill with a tall chimney deprive the place of any particular charm beyond what is found in the quietest reaches of the Upper Thames. Sandford Church is not interesting, but there are remains of a preceptory of Knights Templars at the farm by the brook a little to the north-west.

The road continues parallel with the river, and soon passes through the curiously uniform village of ~Nuneham Courtney~. The two lines of picturesque cottages facing one another across the road were built by the first Earl Harcourt, who, disliking the proximity of the village to the manor-house, razed the cottages to the ground after constructing the new ones, which have now been sufficiently toned down by the weather to give a pleasing effect. This same building Earl demolished the old church and erected another near the house, now abandoned for a new one lately put up near the village. He also rebuilt the house (_not shown to visitors_) in the severely classic style in vogue at the close of the eighteenth century. The grounds and gardens were laid out in part by the popular 'Capability' Brown, and these may be seen on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the summer. _It is advisable, however, if one particularly wishes to see them, to write in advance to Mr. H. Gale, Nuneham Courtney._

About a mile beyond the village, at the cross-roads, there formerly stood a little hostelry called the Golden Ball. It acquired a bad reputation through the murder of a guest by his servant. The landlord, having been found with a knife in his hand in the dead man's bedroom, was condemned to death and hanged, but later on the servant confessed that he had committed the murder which the landlord had intended.

DORCHESTER

is a dreamy old village, beautifully placed upon the River Thames. It contains many quaint timbered houses, some with thatched roofs, and nearly all with some attractive features which make it hard to tear oneself away from the place. The chief object of interest, apart from the cottage architecture, is the huge church, so strangely out of place in such a hamlet. Dorchester, however, has a history stretching right back to the British period. During the Roman occupation the camp here was supposed to be called _Dourcastrum_, altered into Dorchester in the Saxon period, but this Roman name is uncertain. When Dorchester was the seat of the Saxon bishopric of Wessex, the see included about twenty English counties, but Remigius, the first Norman Bishop, transferred it to Lincoln in 1085. The Saxon church, built in 1036, was occupied as a monastic church in 1140, when a monastery of the Augustinians was founded. In 1200, and also in 1350, extensive additions were made. In the church the Jesse window on the north side is unique, for the figures are carved in stone. The east window is a remarkable example of Decorated work; there is a massive buttress in the centre, and the whole of the spaces are occupied by reticulated tracery. The recumbent effigies, dating from 1200 to 1410, are very interesting, while a brass of the Henry V. period lies in the floor. The furnishing of the interior savours so much of the Roman church that one might easily imagine oneself on the other side of the Channel. One notices a bell conspicuous on the altar steps, and 'sacred' pictures, with candles and half-withered floral offerings in front of them, are placed on the pillars and elsewhere! Is the Bishop of Oxford aware of these strange reversions to the practices condemned by the Protestant Church of England for the last four centuries? The leaden font is of Norman workmanship, and is a comparatively rare object. In the churchyard stands a cross with a restored head.

The ascent of the Chilterns is very gradual, becoming steeper, however, in places, and delightful views are obtained over the surrounding country. The quaint little village of Nettlebed stands upon the summit (1,650 feet above sea-level), and thence the descent to Henley commences. Near Nettlebed many cultivated downs are to be seen, their rounded summits crowned as a rule with plantations--a contrast in this respect with the bare South Downs. These rounded knolls are all that denudation has left of the tertiary sand deposits on the chalk. In many parts beeches flourish, and occasionally brick and timber cottages of quaint aspect are passed.

HENLEY-ON-THAMES

is a charming old town, apart altogether from the prominent position it holds in the boating world, owing to the magnificent reach of the Thames which occurs here. There are many picturesque old houses in the wide, sunny street, and, as at Dorchester, the artist and architect will find much to attract their attention. ~The Church~, standing out boldly near the bridge, possesses an Early English chancel, and the oldest part of the nave is of the same date. Nearly everything else, including the flint tower, is Tudor. A monument to Lady Elizabeth Periam, a sister of Lord Bacon and the mistress of Greenlands (died 1621), is under the tower. There are two hagioscopes and a priest's entrance to the vanished rood-loft. The bridge, with open stone parapets, was built in 1786, after the old one had been carried away by a flood. It is, therefore, much older than the regatta, which was first held in 1839.

The road between Henley-on-Thames and Maidenhead crosses the ground lying in a loop of the Thames, gradually rising from Henley and falling towards Maidenhead. The numerous turnings should be taken with care. About two miles before reaching Maidenhead the Bath road is joined.

MAIDENHEAD

is more a centre for river excursions and boating-parties than a place of any attractiveness in itself. It might easily be mistaken for one of the better suburbs of London, and contains practically nothing of interest. The great railway-bridge, with spans of 128 feet, was designed by Brunel.

ETON

On the left of the High Street, leading to the bridge facing Windsor, are the picturesque Tudor buildings and the huge chapel of Eton College. The great courtyard, surrounded by beautifully mellowed ranges of red-brick buildings on three sides and the chapel on the south, is delightfully picturesque; and the chapel itself, with its enormous buttresses and lovely Perpendicular details, is a noble work within and without. A statue of Henry VI., the founder, stands in the centre of the large courtyard. The famous playing-fields, where it is generally understood that those qualities which won the Battle of Waterloo were developed, extend down to the Thames.

WINDSOR

As one crosses the bridge, the long, imposing line of the castle walls and towers frowns above the red roofs of the little town, generally described as the Royal Borough of Windsor. A steep street winds up to the castle gateway, and as one approaches nearer, the work of Wyatville on the huge pile becomes painfully apparent. In vain does one look for the slightest indication that the whole of the great fortress, including the conspicuous Round Tower, was not built yesterday. This is the tragedy of Windsor, and after the first general glance one learns to expect nothing that tells its age by its masonry or its weathering. Everything, except the timber and brick Horseshoe Cloisters, is encased in harsh grey stone of a drearily uniform grey.

[Map: (TRUNK) No. 11. WINDSOR TO LONDON.

The way into London from Kingston-on-Thames is over Putney Heath and across Putney Bridge, where it is only necessary to follow the motor omnibuses to reach Hyde Park Corner or any other central point.]

It was probably William the Conqueror who built the first fortress on the wonderfully defensive site raised above the Thames, but Henry III., the builder of Westminster Abbey and much of the Tower of London, who planned the castle on its present vast scale. Edward III., having instituted the Order of the Garter, gave up the lower ward to that distinguished body of knights, and it was he who employed William of Wykeham as his architect or surveyor. The third, and practically the last, great builder was George IV., who gave up the historic buildings, then in bad repair, to the tender mercies of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, with the results already deplored.

(_The State apartments may be seen during the absence of the Court, but about a week elapses after the Royal departure before the public are admitted._)

The magnificent Chapel of St. George--one of the three finest Perpendicular chapels in the kingdom--was mainly built by Edward IV., and finished by Henry VII. and VIII. In the choir are the stalls of the Knights of the Garter, twenty-six in number, with their banners above. Edward IV., Henry VI., Henry VIII., and Jane Seymour and Charles I., were all buried in the chapel.

~Windsor Park~ is famous for the Long Walk--three straight miles of elms, planted by Charles II.; for the beautiful artificial lake, known as Virginia Water; and for the mausoleum in the grounds of Frogmore House, where Queen Victoria and the good Prince Consort lie buried. (_On one day only--December 14--every year is this open to the public._)

The road keeps near the river, and passes close to historic Magna Charta Island, where the unwilling John Lackland signed the great charter of English liberty in 1215.

STAINES

possesses an important bridge, the descendant of a wooden one which stood there in 1262. The stone bridge, put up in 1792, gave way, and its successor, built in 1803, was a bold engineering feat in the form of a single iron span of 180 feet; but this, too, had to be replaced, and in 1829 the present stone bridge was planned. It was opened in 1832 by William IV. and Queen Adelaide.

After passing the picturesque Hampton Court Green, one reaches Wolsey's magnificent red-brick palace--

HAMPTON COURT

The site had been in the possession of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and it was from the Prior that Cardinal Wolsey obtained a lease in 1514. He demolished the manor-house, then standing, and in its place planned the stately palace, with its several courtyards entered by great gateways of red brick and stone. Here the princely ecclesiastic entertained in a manner so sumptuous that the Court of Henry VIII. was outshone by its brilliance. In 1526, the King having commented on this fact, Wolsey promptly handed over his palace to his royal master, who did not hesitate to accept a gift so pleasing. After Wolsey's death, Henry spent much time at Hampton Court, and rebuilt a large part of the palace.

To chronicle a bare summary of historic events which took place in the castle is not possible here, but in the early period of its existence Edward VI. was born there, and within these old red walls Jane Seymour died, Catherine Howard was disgraced, and Catherine Parr was married. Here, too, Charles I. spent his honeymoon, and afterwards was confined as a prisoner for three months.

KINGSTON-ON-THAMES

on the other side of the river, is a busy little town of some picturesqueness, possessing at one end of its narrowing market-place the famous ~Coronation~ ~Stone~ from which the place derives its name. The Perpendicular church, which is large and contains a monument by Chantrey, used to have a quaint custom of cracking nuts during the services on the Sunday preceding Michaelmas Eve. So great was the noise of crunching nuts that it was almost impossible to hear the voice of the clergyman.

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After ascending Kingston Hill the road crosses Putney Heath, and enters the Metropolis through the now uninteresting suburb of Putney. After crossing Putney Bridge, the motor omnibuses are the best guide to follow.

A SHORT TABLE, SHOWING THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND SINCE ALFRED THE GREAT, THE CHIEF EVENTS OF THEIR REIGNS, AND THE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE PREVAILING IN EACH PERIOD

ARCHITECTURAL
PERIOD. SOVEREIGNS. IMPORTANT EVENTS.

{ _Saxon Kings from_
{ _Alfred the Great._
{ Alfred, 871 Danish invasions
{ Edward the Elder, 901
{ Athelstane, 925
{ Edmund, 941
{ Edred, 946
{ Edwy, 955
{ Edgar, 959
{ Edward the Martyr, 975
Saxon or { Ethelred the Unready, 978
Pre-Norman { Edmund Ironside, 1016
{
{ _Danish Kings._
{ Cnut, 1017
{ Harold Harefoot, 1036
{ Hardicanute, 1040
{
{ _Saxon Kings._
{ Edward the Confessor, 1042
{ Harold II. 1066 Norman Conquest

{ William I., 1066 Domesday compilation
Norman and { William II., 1087 First Crusade, 1096
Transitional, { Henry I., 1100
1066-1190 { Stephen, 1135 Civil war with Matilda
{ throughout reign
{ Henry II., 1154 Murder of Becket, 1170

{ Richard I., 1189 Third Crusade, 1189
{ John, 1199 The Interdict, 1208
{ Magna Charta, 1215
Early { Invasion of Louis the
English, { Dauphin, 1215
1190-1280 { Henry III., 1216 Battle of Lewes, 1264
{ First Parliament, 1265

Decorated, { Edward I., 1272 War with Scotland
1280-1360 { Edward II., 1307
{ Edward III., 1327 The Black Death, 1349

{ Richard II., 1377 Wat Tyler's Rebellion
{ Henry IV., 1399
{ Henry V., 1413 Battle of Agincourt
Perpendicular,{ Henry VI., 1422 Wars of the Roses
1360-1500 { Edward IV., 1461 Wars of the Roses
{ Printing introduced
{ Edward V., 1483 Murdered in the Tower
{ Richard III., 1483 Killed at Bosworth

{ Henry VII., 1485 Discovery of America, 1492
{ Henry VIII., 1509 Field of the Cloth of
{ Gold, 1520
{ Cardinal Wolsey, 1471-1530
{ Dissolution of the
{ Monasteries, 1536
Tudor, { Edward VI., 1547 Copy of the Bible ordered
1500-1600 { to be placed in every
{ church
{ Mary, 1553 Persecution of Protestants
{ Elizabeth, 1558 Execution of Mary Queen
{ of Scots, 1587
{ Spanish Armada, 1588

{ James I., 1603 Gunpowder Plot, 1605
{ Charles I., 1625 Civil War began, 1642
{ The Commonwealth, 1649
Jacobean { Charles II., 1660 The Great Plague, 1665
{ James II., 1685 Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685
{ Revolution and landing of
{ William of Orange, 1688

{ William and Mary, 1689
Queen Anne { Anne, 1702 Union of England and
{ Scotland

{ George I., 1714 South Sea Bubble, 1720
{ George II., 1727 Rebellion of 1745
{ Taking of Canada, 1759
{ George III., 1760 American War of
Georgian { Independence, 1775
{ French Revolution, 1789
{ George IV., 1820
{ William IV., 1830 The first railway opened
{ Reform Act, 1832

{ Victoria, 1837 The Chartists, 1848
Victorian { Great Exhibition, 1851
{ Crimean War, 1854
{ Indian Mutiny, 1857

Edward VII., 1901
George V., 1910

MOTOR-CAR SIGNS

A London
AA Southampton (C.C.)
AB Worcestershire
AC Warwickshire
AD Gloucestershire
AE Bristol
AF Cornwall
AH Norfolk
AI Meath
AJ Yorkshire (N.R.)
AK Bradford (Yorks)
AL Nottinghamshire
AM Wiltshire
AN West Ham
AO Cumberland
AP Sussex, East
AR Hertfordshire
AS Nairn
AT Kingston-on-Hull
AU Nottingham
AW Salop
AX Monmouthshire
AY Leicestershire

B Lancashire
BA Salford
BB Newcastle-on-Tyne
BC Leicester
BD Northamptonshire
BE Lindsey, Lincs
BF Dorsetshire
BH Buckinghamshire
BI Monaghan
BJ Suffolk, East
BK Portsmouth
BL Berkshire
BM Bedfordshire
BN Bolton
BO Cardiff
BP Sussex, West
BR Sunderland
BS Orkney
BT Yorkshire (E.R.)
BU Oldham
BW Oxfordshire
BX Carmarthenshire
BY Croydon

C Yorkshire (W.R.)
CA Denbighshire
CB Blackburn
CC Carnarvonshire
CD Brighton
CE Cambridgeshire
CF Suffolk, West
CH Derby
CI Queen's County
CJ Herefordshire
CK Preston
CL Norwich
CM Birkenhead
CN Gateshead
CO Plymouth
CP Halifax
CR Southampton
CT Kesteven, Lincs
CU South Shields
CW Burney
CX Huddersfield
CY Swansea

D Kent
DA Wolverhampton
DB Stockport
DC Middlesbrough
DE Pembrokeshire
DF Northampton
DH Walsall
DI Roscommon
DJ St. Helens
DK Rochdale
DL Isle of Wight
DM Flintshire
DN York
DO Holland, Lincs
DP Reading
DR Devonport
DS Peebles
DU Coventry
DW Newport (Mon.)
DX Ipswich
DY Hastings

E Staffordshire
EA West Bromwich
EB Isle of Ely
EC Westmorland
ED Warrington
EE Grimsby
EF West Hartlepool
EH Hanley
EI Sligo
EJ Cardiganshire
EK Wigan
EL Bournemouth
EM Bootle
EN Bury
EO Barrow-in-Furness
EP Montgomeryshire
ES Perth
ET Rotherham
EU Breconshire
EW Huntingdonshire
EX Great Yarmouth
EY Anglesea

F Essex
FA Burton-on-Trent
FB Bath
FC Oxford
FD Dudley
FE Lincoln
FF Merionethshire
FH Gloucester
FI Tipperary (N.R.)
FJ Exeter
FK Worcester
FL Peterborough
FM Chester
FN Canterbury
FO Radnorshire
FP Rutlandshire

G Glasgow

H Middlesex
HI Tipperary
HS Renfrew

IA Antrim
IB Armagh
IC Carlow
ID Cavan
IE Clare
IF Cork (County)
IH Donegal
IJ Down
IK Dublin
IL Fermanagh
IM Galway
IN Kerry
IO Kildare
IP Kilkenny
IR King's County
IT Leitrim
IU Limerick
IW Londonderry
IX Longford
IY Louth
IZ Mayo

J Durham
JI Tyrone
JS Ross and Cromarty

K Liverpool
KI Waterford
KS Roxburgh

L Glamorganshire
LB London
LC London
LI West Meath
LN London
LS Selkirk

M Cheshire
MI Wexford
MS Stirling

N Manchester
NI Wicklow
NS Sutherland

O Birmingham
OI Belfast
OS Wigtown

P Surrey
PI Cork
PS Shetland

R Derbyshire
RI Dublin
RS Aberdeen

S Edinburgh
SA Aberdeen (County)
SB Argyll
SD Ayr
SE Banff
SH Berwick
SJ Bute
SK Caithness
SL Clackmannan
SM Dumfries
SN Dumbarton
SO Elgin
SP Fife
SR Forfar
SS Haddington
ST Inverness
SU Kincardine
SV Kinross
SW Kirkcudbright
SX Linlithgow
SY Midlothian

T Devonshire
TI Limerick
TS Dundee

U Leeds
UI Londonderry
US Govan

V Lanark
VS Greenock

W Sheffield
WI Waterford
WS Leith

X Northumberland
XS Paisley

Y Somersetshire
YS Partick

HOTELS ON THE ROUTE

The following hotels are recommended, having been lately visited by the authors:

DAVENTRY: The Wheatsheaf Hotel.
CHESTER: The Grosvenor Hotel.
RHYL: The Belvoir Hotel.
LLANDUDNO: The Queen's Hotel.
DOLGELLEY: The Golden Lion Hotel.
ST. DAVID'S: The City Hotel.
GLOUCESTER: The Bell and County Hotel.
LEAMINGTON SPA: The Regent Hotel.

INDEX

Aber, falls at, 94

Aberdovey, 128

Abergavenny, 187

Abergavenny, Marquis of, 187

Abergele, 60

Aberglaslyn, Pass of, 113

Abergynolwyn, 123

Aberystwyth, 130, 131

Adderbury, 303

Adelaide, Queen of William IV., 317

Ælfrith, daughter of Alfred, 254

Afon Dulas, 124

Afon Gwaen, 156

Agincourt, Battle of, 222

Akeman Street, 283, 304

Aldenham, Lord, 9

Alderminster, 286

Aldersey Hall, 43

Alfred the Great, 234, 254, 282

'Alleluia Victory,' 55

Althorp Park, 22

Anglesey, 88

Anglesey Column, 105

Anglesey, Marquis of, 105

Anker, River, 27

Ap Cadell ap Brochmail, Concenn, 71

Aquablanca, Bishop, 178

Aragon, Catherine of, 16

Arbury Hall, 26

Ardudwy, Mountains of, 120

Arkwright, Richard, 222

Arthog, 120

Arthur, King, 195

Arthur's Quoit, 116

Asthall Barrow, 277

Aston, North, Mid, and Steeple, 303

Athelney, 254

Atherstone, 28, 30

Avon, Warwickshire, 23

Bacon, Sir Francis, Lord Verulam, 12, 13, 287, 313

Bala Lake, 83

Balshall, Dean, 289

Banbury, 303

Bangor, 96

Bardsey Island, 115

Barford, 290

Barmouth, 116, 120, 121

Barnet, 3, 4

Barrington, Great and Little, 276

Basingwerke Abbey, 56

Bath, 250-252

Batheaston, 242

Battle Abbey, a cell of, 146

Beaufort family, the, 194

Beaumaris, 94

Beavers, Valley of, 100

Beddgelert, 113

Bede, the Venerable, 8

Belesme, Robert de, 235

Benglog Bridge, 101

Berkeley Castle, 213

Berrington Hall, 225

Berwyn Mountains, 70

Bethesda, 99, 105

Bettws-y-Coed, 83, 84

Bigsweir Bridge, 203

Bird Rock, the, 122

Birmingham reservoirs, 181, 183

Black Forest, the, 185

Black Mountains, the, 147, 173, 185

Black Plague, 176

Blacklow Hill, 295

Blenheim Palace, 282

Blorenge Hill, 188, 191

Boadicea, 13, 44

Bodbury Ring, 230

Bodelwyddan Church, 62

Bodenham, 221

Bodfari, 57

Bordeaux, 42

Borth, 128

Boscobel House, 35

Bosworth, Battle of, 26, 28, 78

Boughrood Castle, 185

Bourton-on-the-Hill, 262

Bowood, 256

Box, 253

Bradwell Abbey, 20

Bran, River, 148

Bran the Blessed, 114

Braose, William de, 187

Breakspere, Nicholas, 12

Brecknock Beacons, 146, 147, 191

Brecon or Brecknock, 143-146

Bremhill Wick, 255

Bridgnorth, 226, 234-235

Brintirion, 118

Britannia Tubular Bridge, 105

British remains, 69, 83, 94, 129, 146

Broadway, 262

Brockhurst Castle, 230

Bromfield, 226

Bronllys Castle, 185

Bronwen, 114

Brookthorpe, 246

Broughton, 53

Brown, 'Capability,' 310

Brown Clee Hill, 226

Brownhills Common, 35

Brunel, 314

Buckley, 53

Buildwas Abbey, 233-234

Builth Wells, 183, 184

Burford, 260, 276-277

By Brook, the, 253

Byford, 176

Byng, Admiral, 4

Byron, Lord, 108

Cader Idris, 117, 123, 132, 135, 137

Caen, Paul de, 8

Caer Caradoc Hill, 230

Caerleon, 206

Caerwent, 198, 199

Caerwys, 56

Cæsar, Julius, 12

Caldicott Castle, 200

Calveley Hall, 43

Cannock Chase reservoir, 35

Cantelupe, George de, 188

Cantilupe, Sir Thomas, 178

Capel Curig, 102

Capel Garmon, 84, 85

Caractacus, 230

Caradoc, King of North Wales, 60

Caradoc Range, 231

Carden Hall, 42

Cardiff Castle, 214

Cardigan, 151

Cardigan Bay, 130

Careg Cennen, 171

Carmarthen, 168, 169

Carnarvon, 57, 105-109

Carnarvon Castle, 107

Carnarvonshire Mountains, 88

Carnedd Dafydd, 100, 110

Carnedd Llewelyn, 100

Carno, River, 138, 139

Castell Crogen, 81

Castell Dinas Brân, 70

Castell-fan-Crach, 132

Castell-y-Bere, 123

Castell-y-Gaer, 121

Cave, 23

Cefn Caves, the, 63

Cefn Hall, 63

Cefn-y-Bedd, 184

Cemmaes, 138, 155

Cenarth, 151

Cencoed Castle, 199

Ceriog Valley, 82

Cerrig-y-Druidon, 83

Chandos family, 207

Chantrey, 319

Charlecote Park, 290

Charles I., 22, 194, 248, 262, 316, 318

Charles II., 35, 299, 317

Charlton, Bishop, 176

Charlton Park, 258

Chartist riots, 198

Cheltenham, 270-272

Chepstow, 200, 201

Chepstow, Marshall, Earl of, 153

Cheshire bowmen, 41

Chester, 14, 45-51

Chester, Bishop of, 234

Chiltern Hills, 19, 312

Chippenham, 254-255

Chipping Norton, 261, 283

Chirk Castle, 66, 81

Cholmondeley Castle, 42

Churchdown Hill, 270

Churchover, 23

Church Stretton, 229

Cirencester, 259

Civil War, 42, 43, 48, 59, 65, 80, 81, 90, 108, 130, 144, 150,
165, 194, 200, 206, 208, 212, 226, 229, 235, 242, 283, 290,
299, 303

Clare, David le, 42

Clare, Gilbert de, 165, 266

Cleddau, River, 165

Clifford Castle, 175

Clifford, Jane de, 175

Clinton, Geoffrey de, 297

Clinton, Roger de, 234

Clintons, the, 297

Clopton, Sir John, 288

Clopton Tower, 290

Clwyd, Vale of, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69

Clwydian Hills, 56, 67

Clyro, 175

Clyro Castle, 174

Clytha Castle, 191

Clywedog, the, 135

Coalbrookdale, 234

Coetmore, Howel, 86

Coldbrook House, 191

Cold Door Pass, 137

Coningsby family, 222

Conway, 85, 90-93

Conway Abbey, 86

Conway Castle, 90, 92

Conway Falls, 83

Conway Valley, 86

Corne Dale, 227

Cornwallis West, Colonel W., 67

Corris, 124

Cors-y-Gedol, 116

Corsham, 253-254

Corston, 258

Corwen, 69

Cothi, River, 148

Cotswolds, the, 246, 247, 262, 272-273

Cound, 233

Coventry, 49, 298-301

Cranmer, Archbishop, 16

Criccieth, Castle of, 115

Crick, 200

Crickhowell, 186

Cricklade, 258-259

Cromwell, Oliver, 261

Cropredy, 302

Cross Foxes Inn, 123, 137

Cross-in-Hand, 25

Curzon of Kedleston, Lord, 258

Cusop Castle, 174

Cutts, Sir John, 6

Cwm Bychan, Lake of, 115

Cwm Hir, Abbey of, 140

Cymmer Abbey, 118

Darby, Abraham, 234

Darby Family, the, 234

Dauncer Family, 220

Daventry, 22

Dean, Forest of, 210

Dee, River, 69, 70, 73, 83

Dee Valley, 82

Deerhurst Priory, 268

Denbigh, 63, 67

Denbigh Castle, 66

Derwen, 69

Deudraeth, Castle of, 114

Devil's Bridge, 131, 132

Devil's Kitchen, the, 101

Devil's Pots, the, 102

Devil's Punch Bowl, 132

Dinas Mawddwy, 136, 137

Dinmore Hill, 221

Dixton, 205

Dolbadarn Castle, 110

Dolgelley, 118, 120, 135

Dorchester, 310-311

Dovey, the, 124, 126, 128, 138

Dowards, the Great and Little, 206, 210

Drayton, Fenny, 27

Drayton Manor, 30

Drayton, Michael, 27

Druidical Circles, 130, 286

Drws Ardudwy, 115

Dryslwyn Castle, 170

Dudley, Robert, 297

Dudmaston Castle, 235

Dulais, River, 148

Dunsmore Heath, 23

Dunstable, 15-17

Dunstable Downs, 19

Dürer, Albrecht, 78

Dursley Cross, 211

Dyffryn River, 121

Dynevor Castle, 150

Dynevor, Lord, 171

Dynevor Park, 170

Dysynni Valley, 123

Ealdhelm, 257

Easton Neston House, 20

Eaton Hall, 224

Edeyrnion, Vale of, 83

Edgar, King, 31

Edgware, 3

Edred, King, 11

Edward I., 58, 64, 76, 108, 114, 123, 130, 170, 214, 228

Edward II., 108, 213, 214, 217

Edward III., 167, 316

Edward IV., 114, 226, 268, 316, 326

Edward V., 20

Edward VI., 318

Eglwyseg, the, 72

Eglwyseg Rocks, 70

Eisteddfodau, the, 56

Elan, Vale of the, 181

Eleanor of Castile, 16

Eleanor Cross at Stony Stratford, 20

Elidyr Fawr, 100, 110

Eliot, George, 26

Eliseg's Pillar, 71

Elizabeth, Queen, 282, 290, 297-302

Ellesmere, 74

Elstree, 3

Emlyn, Viscount, 170

Enstone, 283

Ermine Way, 259

Erwood, 184

Ethandune, Battle of, 254

Ethelbert, 177, 221

Ethelfleda, Queen, 30, 50, 235

Ethelred, King, 282

Eton, 314

Evesham, 262-264

Evesham, Battle of, 264

Eye, 225

Eynsham, 278

Fairy Glen, the, 83

Falaise, 266

Fenny Compton, 302

Fenny Stratford, 19

Ferrers Family, 30, 31

Ffestiniog Railway, 113

Ffestiniog, Vale of, 113

Fishguard, 155, 156

Fitz-Hamon, Robert, 266

Fitzharon of Glamorgan, 197

Fitz-Osborn, Earl of Hereford, 200

Flamstead, 15

Flanesford Priory, 206

Foel Fras, 94

Ford, 222

Foss Way, 26, 258, 275

Fox, George, 27

Frevilles, the, 31

Friog, 121

Frost, Jack, 198

Frowyke, Thomas de, 5

Garter, Order of the, 316

Garth Hill, 184

Gastrell, Rev. Francis, 288

Gaullwyd Valley, 135

Gaunt, John of, 297

Gaveston, Piers, 295

Geoffrey of Monmouth, 204

George IV., 316

Germanus, 55

Giant's Nose, 117

Gibbet Hill, 298

Glandovey, 128

Glasbury, 172

Glaspwll Cascade, 128

Glendower, Owen, 39, 57, 64, 68, 69, 70, 114, 125, 174, 224

Gloucester, 211-218, 246

Gloucester Cathedral, 212-216

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, 10

Glyder Fach, 100, 102

Glyder Fawr, 100, 101, 102, 111

Godiva, Lady, 298

Goodrich Castle, 206

Goodrich Court, 207

Goodwick Harbour, 155

Gorhambury, 14

Gower, Bishop, 160

Graig Serrerthin, 210

Great Orme's Head, 87

Greenlands, Henley, 313

Grey, Reginald de, 68

Greys, the De, 207

Griffith, the son of Madoc, 71

Grim's Dyke, 283

Grimthorpe, Lord, 9, 11

Grongar Hill, 170

Guy's Cliff, 294, 295

Gwydir Castle, 85, 86

Gwynedd, Owen, 130

Gwynn, Nell, 6

Hafod Bridge Inn, 148

Hakluyt, family of, 225

Haldingham, Richard de, 179

Halkin Mountain, 53, 56

Hall, Dr., 288

Hampton Court, Herefordshire, 222

Hampton Court, Middlesex, 317

Handley Church, 43

Harcourt family, 309

Hardicanute, 238

Hardwicke, 246

Hare, Mr. Augustus, 228, 229

Harlech, 113, 114, 121

Hartshill, 27

Hathaway, Anne, cottage of, 290

Haverfordwest, 163, 165, 166

Hawkstone Park, 41

Hay, 173

Heaven's Gate Camp, 233

Henley-on-Thames, 312-313

Henry of Bolingbroke. See Henry IV.

Henry I., 224

Henry II., 175, 235, 282

Henry III., 165, 173, 264, 316

Henry IV., 39

Henry V., 204, 224

Henry VI., 10, 314, 316

Henry VII., 78, 171, 194, 316

Henry VIII., 5, 316, 318

Herckenrode, nunnery of, 34

Hereford, 176-179

Hereford, Dukes of, 298

Hill, Rowland, 41

Hinckley, 26

Holmer Church, 220

Hood, Lord, 301

Hooper, Bishop, 216

Hope Bowdler, 229

Hope Church, 222

Hope-under-Dinmore, 222

Howard, Catherine, 318

Humpe, Master, 257

Huntley, 211

Hwlffordd, Robert de, 166

Icknield Way, 15

Idwal, Prince, 101

Ironbridge, 234

Itchington, Lord, 302

Ivington Camp, 224

James I., 23, 174

'Jesse Tree,' 188

'John Halifax, Gentleman,' 272

John, King, 176, 317

Johnson, Samuel, 35

Jones, Inigo, 85, 86, 258

Juxon, Bishop, 261

Kenilworth, 296-297

Kerne Bridge, 206

Kidderminster, 235-236

Kilgerran Castle, 152

Kilsby, 23

Kingston-on-Thames, 318

Kite's Nest Inn, 176

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 208

Knyvet, Sir Thomas, 258

Kyrle, John, 208-209

Laceys, the, 64

Lampeter, 148

Langley Burrell, 255

Lansdowne, Lord, 256

Lawley, the, 229

Lea, 210

Leamington, 293-294

Lechlade, 259

Ledbury, 241-242

Leicester, 22, 26

Leicester, Earls of, 292, 297

Leigh, Lord, 302

Leland, 174, 197, 257

Lenthall, Sir Roland, 222

Leofric, 298

Leominster, 222-224

Letton, 175

Leycester's Hospital, Warwick, 293

Lichfield, 32, 33

Little Minster, 276

Little Orme, the, 88

Llanbadarn, 131

Llanbeblig Church, 109

Llanbedr, 115

Llanberis, 110

Llanberis, Old, 111

Llanberis, Pass of, 111

Llanbyther, 149

Llanddwywe Church, 116

Llandegai, 99

Llandegai, Model Village of, 94

Llandilo, 171

Llandinam, 139

Llandovery, 148

Llandudno, 87, 88

Llandyssil, 149

Llanegryn, 122

Llanelltyd, 118

Llanfairfechan, 94

Llanfair Pwll Gwyngyll, etc., 105

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, 149

Llangattock-juxta-Usk, 191

Llangelynin, 122

Llangoed, 185

Llangollen, 70-72

Llangollen Bridge, 70

Llangollen, Ladies of, 70

Llangollen, the Vale of, 72

Llangorse Lake, 185

Llangunnor, 169

Llangurig, 131, 141

Llanidloes, 140

Llanrhaiadr Church, 66

Llanrwst, 85, 86

Llanthony Abbey, 175, 211

Llanvihangel-on-Usk, 191

Llanwrda, 148, 172

Llawhaden Castle, 167

Llawr Lech, 117

Llewelyn, 58, 85, 155, 184

Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, 56

Lleyn Peninsula, 121

Llwyngwril, 121

Llyn Bochlwyd, 102

Llyn Ogwen, 101

Llyn Padarn, 109

Llyn Peris, 111

London Colney, 6

Longchamps, the, 207

Long Compton, 286

Long Mynd, 229, 231

Lorraine, Robert, 177

Lovers' Leap, 201, 203

Lucy, Sir Thomas, 290

Ludlow, 225-226

Ludlow, Lawrence de, 228

Lug, River, 222

Lutterworth, 24, 25

Lyfnant Valley, 128

Lyneham Barrows, 261

Lysdinam Hall, 183

Lyswen, 185

Machynlleth, 125

Maenan Abbey, 86

Maenan House, 86

Magna Charta, 266

Magna Charta Island, 317

Maiden Bower, 15

Maidenhead, 313-314

Maldulph, 256

Malmesbury, 256-258

Malvern, Great, 240, 241

Malvern Hills, 236

Mancetter, 27

Mancetter Manor House, 27

Mandeville, Sir John, 11

Mansell Hill, 176

_Mappa Mundi_, 178

Marden Church, 221

Margaret of Anjou, 114

Marlborough, Duke of, 282

Marmions, the, 31

Martin de Tours, 152

Mathern, 200

Matilda, the Empress, 212

Maud Heath's Causeway, 255

Mawddach, the, 116, 117, 120

Maxstoke, Priors of, 302

Menai Straits, the, 88, 107

Menai Suspension Bridge, 104

Merbach Hill, 175

Merevale Abbey, 30

Merewald, King of the West Mercians, 222

Methuen, Lord, 253

Methuen, Sir Paul, 253

Meyrick, Sir Samuel, 207

Mimms, North, 5

Mimms, South, 5

Miner's Bridge, the, 84

Minster Lovell, 277

Mistletoe, 241

Mitcheldean, 211

Moccas Park, 176

Mochras, Island of, 115

Moel Arthur, 56

Moel Fammau, 55, 56, 67, 69

Moel Feulli, 69

Moel Habog, 113

Moel Hebod, 115

Moel Siabod, 85, 100, 102

Moel-y-Gaer, 129

Mold, 53-56

Mollington, 303

Monken Hadley, 4

Monmouth, 203-205

Monnow, River, 203

Montfort, Simon de, 264, 297

Montgomery, Roger de, 226, 235

Moreton-in-the-Marsh, 262

Moreton-on-Lug, 220

Morfa Harlech, 114

Morfa Rhuddlan, 59

Morfe, Forest of, 235

Mortimer, Roger, 81

Mortimers, the, 39

Mouse Castle, 174

Muckley Corner, 35

Mulock's, Miss, 'John Halifax, Gentleman,' 265

Myddelton, Richard, 66

Myddelton, Sir Hugh, 66, 73, 81

Myddelton, Sir Thomas, 68, 81, 82

Mynydd Prescelly, 153

Mytton, General, 59

Nailsworth, 250

Nant Ffrancon, 86, 100, 110, 111

Nant Gwgan, 124

Nantclwyd, Vale of, 69

Narberth, 167, 168

Naseby, Battle of, 194

Nash, Beau, 252

Nelson, Lord, 170

Nequam, Alexander, 11

Nero, 13

Nevern, 153

New River, the, 66, 81

Newbridge-on-Wye, 183

Newburgh, Earl Roger de, 292

Newcastle Emlyn, 150

Newgate, 164

Newport, Mon., 196-199

Norfolk, Dukes of, 298

Norfolk, Roger Bigod, Earl of, 202

Northleach, 274

Nuneaton, 26

Nuneham Courtney, 309

Oakengates, 36

Offa's Dyke, 80, 82, 176, 201

Offa, King of Mercia, 8, 59, 80, 221

Ogham Stones, 116

Ogofan, the, 148

Ombersley, 236

Onibury, 227

Osric, King of Mercia, 213

Oswald, 238

Oswestry, 80

Overton Scar, 42

Oxford, 306-308

Painswick, 246-248

Panorama Walk, 117

Paris, Matthew, 11

Parker, Abbot, 214

Parr, Catherine, 318

Paxton, Sir William, 170

Pearson, Bishop, 47

Peel, Sir Robert, 30

Pembroke, William, Earl of, 65, 194, 303

Pen Caer Peninsula, 156

Pendragon, 195

Penhow Castle, 199

Penmachno, 83

Penmaenpool, 120

Penrhyn Castle, 94, 95, 99

Pentre Evan Cromlech, 154

Pentre Voelas, 83

Pen-y-Gaer, 83

Penyard Castle, 210

Percies, the, 39

Percy, Henry, 64

Percy, Lord Algernon, 295

Periam, Lady Elizabeth, 313

Pershore, Abbots of, 262

Picton Castle, 167

Picton monument, 169

Piercefield Park, 201

Pistyll-y-Cain, 136

Pistyll-y-Llyn, 128

Pitchcombe, 246, 248

Plas Mawr, Conway, 92

Plas Newydd, 70

Plautius, Aulus, 12

Plynlimmon, 132, 139, 140

Pointz Castle, 164

Poitiers, Battle of, 86

Pont Erwydd, 131, 132

Port Dinorwic, 105

Powis, Princes of, 71

Precipice Walk, the, 135

Prehistoric remains, 116, 156, 286

Prescelly Mountains, 155

Puesdown Inn, 272

Puffin Island, 94

Putney Heath, 319

Putta, Bishop, 177

Quatt, 235

Quendrida, Offa's Queen, 221

Raglan Castle, 192-194

Rain, 148

Ramryge, Abbot, 10

Reading Priory, 224

Redbourne, 14

Redbrook, 203

Redesdale, Robin of, 303

Redhill, 36

Ramsey Island, 161

Rembrandt's (?) 'Mill,' 256

Remigius, Bishop, 311

Rheidol, Falls of the, 132

Rheidol Valley, 132

Rhuddlan, 62, 64

Rhuddlan Church, 59

Rhyl, 60

Rhys of Wales, 172

Richard II., 79

Richard's Castle, 225

Richard of Scrop, 225

Ridge Hill, 5

Risbury Camp, 222

Rivals, the, 115

Robbers' Cave, 132

Robert, Duke of Normandy, 214

Robeston Wathen, 167

Robin Hood's Butts, 220

Roche Castle, 164

Rodney, Lord, 225

Rollright Stones, 286

Roman roads, 198, 211, 229, 231, 237, 251, 258, 259, 282, 283, 304

Roman sites, 15, 19, 23, 35, 36, 37, 44, 56, 57, 69, 77, 86, 105,
109, 125, 139, 146, 147, 150, 168, 169, 172, 174, 183, 187,
195, 199, 204, 230, 259, 275, 311

Roman steps, 115

Rosamond, Fair, 175, 282

Ross, 208-210

Rowton Moor, 43

Rugby, 24

Rupert, Prince, 242

Ruthin, 67-69

Sai, Picot de, 227

St. Albans, 5, 6-14, 221, 267

St. Amphibalus, 10

St. Arvans, 201

St. Asaph, 57-58

St. Bride's Bay, 164

St. Caradoc, 160

St. Chad, 32

St. Clears, 168

St. David's, 157-161

St. David's, Bishops of, 167

St. David's Head, 157

St. David's, Lord, 165

St. Dogmael's Priory, 152

St. Idloes, 140

St. Thomas à Becket, Chapel of, 160

St. Tudno's Church, 87

St. Tyssul, 150

St. Werburgh, 51

St. Wolstan, 302

Salisbury Cathedral, 259

Salisbury Hall, 5

Saltney, 53

Salusbury, Colonel William, 65

Sandford-on-Thames, 308

Sandys, Lord, 236

Sarn Badrig, 115

Sarn Helen Roman road, 148, 149

Saxon Architecture, 31

Scott, Sir Gilbert, 58, 146

Scott, Sir Walter, 296

Senny Bridge, 147

Seoint, River, 107

Severn, River, 37, 76, 132, 139, 141, 236, 247, 250

Seymour, Jane, 316

Shakespeare, Susannah, 288

Shakespeare, William, 287-290

Sherborne Park, 275

Sherbourne, 290

Shifnal, 36

Shipstone-on-Stour, 286

Shipton-under-Wychwood, 260

Shottery, 290

Shrewsbury, 37, 39, 76-80

Shrewsbury, Battle of, 39, 41

Shrewsbury, Earls of, 42, 206

Shrewsbury, Roger, Earl of, 79

Shropshire Union, 35

Silurian fossils, 226, 231

Skomer Island, 165

Skyrrid, Great, 188

Slate quarries, 99

Smith, Worthington G., 17

Smockington, 26

Snow, Sir Jeremy, 6

Snowdon, 84, 102, 109, 111, 115

Snowshill Valley, 262

Solva, 164

Sopwell, 14

Southam, 302

Speen, 259

Spencer, Earl, 22

Stafford, Lord, 170

Staines, 317

Staunton, 176

Stephen, King, 149, 178, 201

Stivichall Common, 298

Stoke d'Abernon, 227

Stokesay Castle, 227-228

Stoneleigh Abbey, 301

Stony Stratford, 20

Stour, River, 236

Stourport, 236

Strafford, Earl of, 4

Strata Florida Abbey, 132

Stratford, John de, 289

Stratford-on-Avon, 287-290

Stratford, Ralph de, 289

Stretton, Hesba, 230

Strongbow, Gilbert de, 130

Stroud, 248-250

Strumble Head, 156

Sugar Loaf, the, 186, 188, 191

Sugar Loaf Hills, 220

Sutton Walls, 221

Swift, Dean, 207

Swift, River, 24

Swinford Bridge, 279

Sychnant Pass, 93

Symond's Yat, 205, 206, 210

Taff, River, 168

Teifi, River, 148, 149, 150, 161

Talgarth, 185

Taliesin, 129

Tal-y-Cafn, 86

Tal-y-llyn, 123, 124

Tamworth, 31

Telford, 74, 82

Teme, River, 226

Tewkesbury, 264-268

Tewkesbury Abbey, 267

Tewkesbury, Battle of, 267

Thirlwall, Bishop, 161

Thomas, Sir William ap, 19

Three Cocks, the, 172

Throckmorton, John, 250

Tintern Abbey, 202

Titterstone Camp, 227

Torrent Walk, the, 135

Totternhoe, 15

Towcester, 20

Towy, River, 148, 171, 172

Traeth Mawr, 113

Trecastle, 147

Trefnant, 63

Trefriew, 86

Tre-Taliesin, 129

Trothy, River, 203

Tryfaen, 102

Tudor, Edmund, 160

Tudor, Jasper, 65

Twining, John, 217

Twll Du, 101

Tyler, Wat, 12

Tyttenhanger, 6

Usk, River, 143, 147, 186, 194, 197

Valle Crucis Abbey, 71, 118

Vanbrugh, Sir John, 42, 282

Van Lead Mines, 140

Vaughan, Bishop, 160

Vaughans, the, 116

Vaughans of Nannau, 135

Venables family, 43, 183

Ver, River, 12, 14

Verdun, John de, 228

Verulamium, 7, 12, 13

Victoria, Queen, 317

Virginia Water, 317

Wallingford, Abbot, 9

Warwick, 290-293

Warwick, Earls of, 187, 292, 295

Warwick, Guy of, 295

Warwick, the King-maker, 4

Waterloo, Battle of, 105, 169

Watling Street, 14, 15, 20, 23, 25, 28, 35, 36, 44

Wat's Dyke, 80

Weedon, 20

Wellington Church, 221

Welsh Architecture, 140

Wem, 41

Weston Park, 35

Weston-under-Penyard, 210

Wheathampstead, Abbot, 9

Whitchurch, 41, 63, 66, 206

White Cross, 176

Whitley Abbey, 301

Whitney, 175

Wicklow, Mountains of, 107

William the Conqueror, 171, 236, 266, 315

William Rufus, 167

William III., 23

William IV., 317

Williams-Wynn, Bart., Sir H. Watkin, 72

Willoughby de Broke, Lady, 62

Wilton Bridge, 207

Wilton Castle, 207, 210

Windrush, River, 275, 276

Windsor, 314-315

Wistanstow, 229

Witherley, 27

Witney, 275, 277-278

Woburn Park and Abbey, 19

Wolsey, Cardinal, 318

Wombridge, Prior of, 36

Woodstock, 283

Woofferton, 225

Worcester, 236-240

Worcester, Battle of, 6, 35, 240

Worcester Priory, 238

Wotton St. Mary, 270

Wrekin, the, 36, 233

Wren, Sir Christopher, 33

Wrexham, 73

Wrotham Park, 4

Wroxeter, 37

Wulfstan, 238

Wyatville, Sir J., 315

Wychwood Forest, 259

Wycliffe, 24, 25

Wye, River, 132, 133, 140, 172, 176, 181, 183, 203, 205, 206, 210

Wykeham, William of, 303, 316

Wynne, Captain, 67

Wynne family, the, 85

Wynnstay Park, 72

Wytham Hill, 279

Y Garn, 100

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=Scotland.= Cheap Edition. 1s. net.

=Scotland, East Central.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Scotland, North.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Scotland, West and South-West.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Scotland, South-East.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Sherwood Forest.= 6d. net.

=Somerset.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Surrey.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Sussex.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Torquay and the South Hams.= 6d. net.

=Trossachs and Loch Lomond.= 1s. net.

=Tunbridge Wells and West Kent.= 1s. net.

=Wales, North.= 3s. 6d. net.

=Wales, South.= 3s. 6d. net.

=Wales.= Cheap Edition, 1s. net.

=What to see in England.= Illustrated. 2s. 6d. net.

=Wye, The.= 1s. net.

Black's Foreign Guide Books

=Belgium=: Its Churches, Chimes, and Battlefields. 2s. 6d. net.

=Brittany with Touraine.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Cairo of To-day.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Constantinople.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Holland.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Jerusalem.= 2s. 6d. net.

=Normandy:= Its Castles and Churches. 2s. 6d. net.

=Paris.= 1s. net.

=Riviera,= or the Mediterranean from Marseilles to Leghorn. 2s. 6d. net.

=Rome.= 2s. 6d. net.

=South France, East Half.= PART I. The Riviera. 2s. 6d. net.

=South France, West Half (the Pyrenees).= 2s. 6d. net.

=Spain and Portugal (O'Shea).= 10s. 6d. net.

=Switzerland= (with Cycling Supplement). 3s. 6d. net.

_These Guide Books may be obtained through any bookseller at home or abroad._

The Pilgrimage Series

_Large Crown 8vo., cloth, price_ =3s. 6d.= _net each. Containing 32 or more Illustrations._

=The Blackmore Country.= By F. J. SNELL.

=The Burns Country.= By C. S. DOUGALL.

=The Dickens Country.= By F. G. KITTON.

=The Hardy Country.= By C. G. HARPER.

=The Ingoldsby Country.= By C. G. HARPER.

=The Scott Country.= By the Rev. W. S. CROCKETT.

=The Thackeray Country.= By LEWIS MELVILLE.

PUBLISHED BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK . SOHO SQUARE . LONDON, W.

Daimler

Since the introduction of the New Daimler Engine the Company have been honoured with orders for more than =_4,200_= Cars, among the Purchasers being:--

H.M. THE KING
H.M. THE QUEEN
H.M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA
H.I.M. THE CZAR
H.I.M. THE DOWAGER EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
H.M. THE KING OF SPAIN
H.R.H. THE DUKE OF SPARTA
H.R.H. THE CROWN PRINCESS OF SWEDEN
H.R.H. PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG
H.R.H. THE GRAND DUCHESS VLADIMIR
H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
H.R.H. PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT
THE AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN

THE DAIMLER COMPANY LTD.

COVENTRY

A 'JONES' SPEEDOMETER
on your Car GUARANTEES
an =ACCURATE READING= of your =SPEED= and =MILEAGE=.

(_Vide_ the Royal Auto. Club's Award in their only Official Speed Trials.)

For =Accuracy=, =Reliability=, and =Durability=.

=_Prices from 4 Guineas upwards._=

WRITE FOR BROCHURE TO SOLE IMPORTERS:

MARKT & CO. (LONDON) LTD.,
6, CITY ROAD, LONDON, E.C.

LLANGOLLEN.
THE HAND HOTEL
On the Banks of the Dee.

One of the most convenient in this 'Lovely Vale,' and second to none for comfort, catering, and situation.

=60 BEDROOMS.=

=LARGE PRIVATE SITTING-ROOMS.=

ELECTRIC LIGHT THROUGHOUT. GOLF.

=_EXTENSIVE MOTOR GARAGE FOR 40 CARS._=

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Address--JAMES S. SHAW, Resident Proprietor,

HAND HOTEL, LLANGOLLEN.

_National Telephone No. 7._

Clerical, Medical & General
Life Assurance Society.
_Established 1824._

DEATH DUTIES.

For the cheapest and most effective method of providing for these, see the Society's

Death Duties Leaflet.

CHIEF OFFICE:

15, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, LONDON, S.W.

TELEPHONE: 3337 GERRARD.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Motor Routes of England, by Gordon Home